TO BAGE!!!! (9-22-14)

Ola queridos!!!

Well we just got the news, I, and the rest of Dom Pedrito, are being transferred.  THAT'S RIGHT!!! EVERYONE!!!  And we are getting replaced with sisters!!!  SISTERS!!!  But I'm not going very far.  I am staying in the stake.  I'M GOING TO BAGE!!!!  To a ward called Laranjeiras.  It should be sweet.  AND I AM FINALLY SENIOR!!!!  This week has been ok.  Not much going on.  It was a week long vacation here because of 20 de Setembro.  So it was hard to find people at home.  But we taught Luis Carlos and Eva again.  It went really well and we made goals to stop smoking and drinking black tea completely.  So that will be great.  But other than that we just watched people cry because I am leaving.  It is terrible but good, cause they like me haha.  So yeah.  And I gave a talk in sacrament meeting yesterday.  I thought it was a train wreck, but everyone like it haha.  Well that's all I got for ya'll.  We have to pack and DEEP CLEAN!!!  So ya'll stay classy and don't be triflin!!!

Elder Mackay!!!

 Dom Pedrito district with Bispo

 Elder Mackay with Luis Carlos and Eva

Family Home Evening with Fatima

Conferencia Da Estaca. (9-15-14)

Oi queridos.

Well this week was great.  We contacted some sweet people this week that we will visit this upcoming week.  But with rain and stake conference we didn't do much else.  But we had interviews and it was great.  Pres. Castro gave me advice on how to motivate my comp haha.  And then stake conference was awesome.  We had Luis Carlos and Eva come!  And they loved it!!!!  And it was great because alot of the talks were about love and marriage eternal.  So I hope that they were touched by it.  We are going to see them tomorrow.  And we also had a service project for a member cutting firewood with axes!!!!  Brought me back to my good old scouting days.

And today we went to a tower in Dom Pedrito and took pictures.  But I am unable to send pics at this time.  Dang computers.

But that's all I got for now.  I love ya'll, stay classy.  And until next week!!!

Elder Mackay

SETE DE SETEMBRO!!!!!! (9-8-14)

Ola queridos!!!

This week was WAY better than last week.  Elder S. got an emergency transfer and Elder Villena took his place.  He is from Peru and is hilarious.  And ever since that transfer the district has been more unified haha.  Regular transfers are the 22 de Setembro.  So yeah.

But this week we taught more lessons than last week.  We need to try to get more members involved and lots are willing to help, we just have to call.  So that is good.  And Sunday we had Luis Carlos e Eva come to church!!!!!  It was their 2nd time at church and they loved it more than the first time!!!!  They really want to be baptized but Luis Carlos has to divorce and THEN marry Eva.  He is legally married to another lady in Santa Maria.  So that will take a long time.  But they want to do this and get baptized.  So that is great.  And then our awesome video game playing less active Sergio came too!!!!  That was sweet as well!!!  And it was 7 de Setembro which is the 4th of July here.  Independence day!!!!  So there were a ton of churrascos and parades and alcohol and immodesty and yeah.  The military parade was the coolest.  It would have been cooler in Bage or Porto Alegre but it was still sweet.  And we also got stuck in Bage for 3 hours beccause the bus to DM (Dom Pedrito) was full.  So that was a fun time haha.  But I took pictures!!!

Other than that...that is all I got.  I love ya'll.  Stay classy.

Elder Mackay

 The Elders at the parade

 The military band

The district at noite familiar com Irma Fatima

Eu sou gaucho tche, so falto um cavalo (9-1-14)

Oi meus queridos!!!!

Well this week was hard.  Lots of stuff happened in Dom Pedrito with the other dupla.  I won't go into it, but just know that things happened and it is not good.  But I did go on some sweet exchanges this week.  We had distrito amigo terca feira and I went with Elder Maynez.  He is one of our LZ's (zone leaders) and he is a stud.  He is from Utah and goes home here in a week and a half.  We found some great people but que pena que they live in the other area haha.  And then Saturday I went on exchanges in my area with Elder Marcato, my LD.  This was unplanned because of all that had happened.  But we saw Alex and Luis Carlos e Eva and Adinauilson e Clessimar.  We tore it up Saturday.  We taught great lessons and it was sweet.  It was great to be with a Brazilian again.  I miss it haha.  But sadly no one came to church, but we will try to get them this week, which will be a challenge because it is 7 de Setembro, ou em outras palavras, INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!  It is going to be sweet.

And I bought Brazilian cowboy clothes.  And I look legit!!!!!

Well alem disso, I don't have much else.  I love ya'll and I wish you all the best!!!  STAY CLASSY YA'LL!!!!!  Valeu!

Elder Mackay

 Sou gaucho

 Me on exchange with Elder Maynez

Elder Marcato with Elder Mackay

Eu achei que ainda foi inverno. (8-25-14)

Oi tudo mundo!!!

Well this week was super hot.  And it is still winterish.  It will be Spring in Setembro.  But it was hot.  And it will be cold again this week.  I hate weather haha.

But this week we had lots of sweet member present lessons and LUIS CARLOS AND EVA came to church!!!!!  AND THEY LOVED IT!!!!!!  And ALEX WENT TO THE TEMPLE!!!!!  AND HE LOVED IT!!!!!  So yeah, this week was great.  We also had some great FHE's (family home evenings) with some of the members here.  We still need to find more new people but we are trying our best.  They will come eventually.

And we found a lamb tied up like a dog the other night.  It was funny.  And I also bought Brazilian cowboy clothes.  PICTURE NEXT WEEK!!!!!

Well that is all I got for ya'll this week.  Eu amo voces and as always...STAY CLASSY!!!!

Tchau tchau,

Elder Mackay

 Sweet sunset

 Puppy lamb

Elder Mackay's companion, Alex with a suit and tie (like a boss), Elder Mackay

Transferencias (8-18-14)

Oi!

Well not much really happened this week.  We had transfers and our new DL (district leader) is Elder Marcato from Sao Paulo.  He is a stud.  He will be a great DL.  As for lessons we taught Luis Carlos and Eva and they are doing great.  They still didn't come to church but Luis is still smoking less and less.  So that was great.  We also visited with bispo and they hit it off.  Turns out they knew each other.  Haha.  And we FINALLY saw Adinauilson again.  And then we met his wife, Clessimar.  Turns out their dog is so loud and evil that they never heard our claps.  And his wife already has seen the missionaries in Porto Alegre.  So that is sweet.  And we taught chastity, and they aren't married.  So they got to get a ring on that.  And they came to church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But they had to leave before sacrament meeting.  Sometimes I forget that sacrament meeting is the first meeting in the states, when it is the last here (usually).  So that was kind of a bummer.

But other than that I got nothing.  No new pics or stories.  So sorry for being boring.  But I love ya'll and stay classy.  PEACE!!!

Elder Mackay